Roads To The West

The Santa Fe Trail

The Santa Fe Trail began in 1821 when William Becknell led a small group of men on a trading expedition from frontier Missouri to colonial Santa Fe. Mexico had recently declared its independence from Spain and abolished ...

Highlands Doughboy World War I Monument

Veterans

We Will Never

Forget

Erected by

Friends and Citizens

of

Highlands, New Jersey

Marker is at the intersection of Portland Rd and Highland Ave, on the right when traveling north on Portland Rd.

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Locating, Moving, and Restoration of the Anthony Shane Log House

A tiny dot on old maps pinpoints a double-log (two story) dwelling on the property owned by Anthony Shane and located at the turn of Shane Road. What was once a thriving pathway from Piqua to Ft. Wayne, running near ...

Generals and Cattle Raids

The First and Second Pennsylvania Brigades, temporarily commanded by Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, encamped in this area. About 800 men served in each of the sixteen brigades at Valley Forge. An estimated 34,577 pounds of meat and 168 barrels of ...

Old Salty Survivors

Maritime Forest

When soil conditions are relatively stable on the barrier island, tree seedlings may begin to grow in the moist protected hollows behind the dunes. These maritime forests must not only take root in constantly shifting sands, but also survive ...

The Legend of the Baby in the Well

This original dug well relates to one of the several fascinating legends of Zachariah and Elizabeth DeWitt. As reported by Ralph McGinnis in The History of Oxford, Ohio, from the Earliest Days to the Present, Zachariah heard Elizabeth's screams as ...

Skirmishes at the Canard River

In the War of 1812, the first engagement in Canada involving British and American forces in significant numbers occurred here on the Canard River. On July 12, 1812, Brigadier-General William Hull invaded Canada and encamped near Sandwich. British commander, T.B. ...

Grand Army of the Republic Building

Memorial to the Soldiers and Sailors of 1861-1865

Marker is at the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Cass Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Grand River Avenue.

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Downtown Presbyterian Church

From 1814 to 1955 this was the site of the First Presbyterian Church. President Andrew Jackson was received into the church in 1838. James K. Polk was inaugurated governor here in 1839. The building designed in the Egyptian style by ...

PA-OH Border Monument

Erected in 1881 by a joint commission appointed by the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio to re-survey and re-mark the boundary line as established in 1786.

Marker is on State Line Road ¼ mile south of Lake Road.

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